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Reliance 8 / 12 / 128 cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your code

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad: close the doors and windows. The READY light must be on (the Ready icon on an Icon keypad).
  • Key in your code. The ARMED light (Armed icon) and the EXIT light come on. Leave before the exit delay ends.
  • The EXIT light flashes fast in the last 10 seconds.
  • Quick Arm, if your installer allows it: [On] on the LED code pad, [Exit] on the Icon keypad.

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• Arm while homePartial

  • LED code pad: close the doors and windows; READY must be on. Press [Partial]. The PARTIAL light comes on.
  • Only your Partial zones are armed. If one opens, the keypad sounds and the entry delay starts: key in your code.
  • Icon keypad: key in your code, then press [Partial] (or [Partial] alone if Quick Arm is on). The inside zones are bypassed.
  • Icon keypad: [Partial] again while armed makes the entry doors instant. Turn that off before anyone comes back in.

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• Disarmyour code

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad: come in through your entry/exit door. The keypad gives a steady tone during the entry delay.
  • Key in your code before the delay ends. The ARMED light (Armed icon) goes off and the tone stops.
  • If it is flashing as you come in, the alarm went off while you were away: leave, then call your alarm company or the police from somewhere safe.
  • LED code pad only: [Partial] can disarm Partial mode if your installer enabled it. On the Icon keypad, use your code.

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• Bypass a zoneBypass2-digit zoneBypass

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad, while disarmed: press [Bypass] and, if asked, your code. Each detector or door contact is a zone.
  • LED code pad: the zone as 2 digits (04 for zone 4), then [Bypass]. Icon keypad: the zone number (1, or 12), then [Bypass].
  • Its zone light (icon) comes on. Icon keypad: repeat for more zones, then press [#] to finish.
  • Bypasses clear when you next disarm.

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• Alarm memory*3

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad: press [*] then [3].
  • Zones from the last alarm flash (the Icon keypad also flashes its alarm icon). Zones bypassed at the time show steady.
  • A flashing ARMED light (Armed icon) also tells you there was an alarm during the last arming.

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• Chime on or offChime

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad: with the system disarmed, press [Chime]. The CHIME light comes on.
  • Chime makes the keypad ding-dong when a chosen door opens. Your installer picks the zones.
  • Press [Chime] again to turn it off. The CHIME light goes out.

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• Reset smoke detectors*7

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad: disarm first. The same reset also clears zone troubles and zone tampers.
  • Press [*] then [7].
  • If the keypad starts beeping, the reset did not work. Key in your code, wait a few minutes, try again.
  • If it still beeps after a few tries, call your installer.

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• Panic alarmholdthe key with a shield on itorholdthe key with a flame on itorholdthe key with a cross on it

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad: hold the picture key for 2 seconds, if your installer has turned it on.
  • The police key can be set to be silent at the premises. If your alarm is monitored, a report can go to the monitoring centre.

  Shield key	Police (panic or hold-up) alarm
  Flame key	Fire alarm
  Cross key	Auxiliary alarm, such as medical

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• Change a code*5master codeuser numbernew code#

  • LED code pad and Icon keypad, while disarmed: press [*] then [5], then key in a master code.
  • When the READY light (Ready icon) flashes, key in the user number as 2 digits (03 for user 3).
  • Key in the new 4- or 6-digit code; three beeps means it was not accepted. Press [#] while READY flashes to finish.
  • To delete a code, key in [Chime] (LED code pad) or [*] (Icon keypad) four times as the new code; six times for 6 digits.

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• Trouble lights*2

  • A fault makes the keypad beep. Your code stops it without arming or disarming.
  • LED code pad and Icon keypad: when the SERVICE light (Service icon) is on, press [*] then [2].
  • The lit number shows the problem (see the table). On the Icon keypad a flashing Tamper or Trouble icon, with zone icons, shows which zones.
  • Icon keypad: 3 beeps a minute mean a sensor with a low battery or lost signal. Your code quietens it for 12 hours.
  • Press [#] to leave, and call your installer.

  1 lit	System fault. Press [1] for detail.
  2 lit (LED code pad)	A zone has been tampered with
  3 lit	A wireless device has a low battery
  4 lit	A wireless device has stopped checking in
  5 lit (LED code pad)	A zone has a fault
  6 lit	Phone line trouble. On the Icon keypad, press [6]: 6 means line trouble; 7 means an auxiliary communicator fault.
  7 lit	The panel could not reach the monitoring centre. It goes out once the panel gets through.
  8 lit	The clock was lost after a power loss. To reset it, press [*] [9] [7] (time) or [*] [9] [6] (date), then the master code.

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• Send a test signal*44

  • LED code pad: press [*] then [4] [4]. No code is needed. It works only if your installer has set the test up.
  • It runs whichever battery, communicator and siren tests your installer chose. Only the communicator test sends a test signal; no alarm is sent.
  • The sirens may sound during the test: key in your code to stop them.
  • Icon keypad: its guide gives [*] then [4] instead.

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